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Dale Killingbeck

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<title>Casper Property Owners Sue State Over Gravel Pit Leases, Claim Rights Violations | Cowboy State Daily</title>

A Casper group and six property owners sued the Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners on Friday. They claim lack of notice about the board’s approval of leases to mine gravel near the base of Casper Mountain violated their constitutional rights.

Casper Property Owners Sue State Over Gravel Pit Leases, Claim Rights Violations

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<title>Casper Train Engineer May Have Had Premonition Of Fatal 2001 Wreck, Son Says | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Outside the Casper Depot is a memorial stone for 48-year-old engineer Mike Hoover, killed in a train crash in 2001. Hoover was “nervous about something” before going to work that day, says his son, and may have had “a premonition” of the crash.

Casper Train Engineer May Have Had Premonition Of Fatal 2001 Wreck, Son Says

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Mark Heinz

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<title>Polish Army Fought Alongside 600-Pound Bear Who Liked Booze & Cigarettes In World War II | Cowboy State Daily</title>

As a Polish war unit prepared to enter the war zone in Italy in 1943, they hit a snag because animals were not allowed to accompany troops into battle but they got around that rule. They officially enlisted the bear as a private, giving him a salary and a serial number. 

Polish Army Fought Alongside 600-Pound Bear Who Liked Booze & Cigarettes In World War II

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<title>Newcomers to Wyoming, Montana More Likely To Be Republican Transplants | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Republicans looking to get away from more liberal states are choosing Wyoming, Montana and other Western states, and they've turned some already conservative states even a deeper shade of red. The migration may have helped Republicans dominate Election Day.

Newcomers to Wyoming, Montana More Likely To Be Republican Transplants

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Renée Jean

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<title>Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Strikes Deal To Get Laser-Enriched Uranium | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and the nuclear plant it's building in southwest Wyoming have secured another potential source of uranium. It’s struck a deal to get laser-enriched uranium.

Bill Gates-Backed TerraPower Strikes Deal To Get Laser-Enriched Uranium

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Jackie Dorothy

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<title>Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth | Cowboy State Daily</title>

Australian Lucy Barnard is walking 18,000 miles from the tip of South America to the top of North America to become the first woman to walk the length of the earth. She’s now in Wyoming, getting to Lander after hiking across the Red Desert.

Australian Woman Hiking Through Wyoming On Quest To Walk Length Of The Earth

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